CVE-2024-42102 — Divide By Zero in Linux
Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV5.5OSV5.3
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.97%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 30
Latest updateDec 12
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Revert "mm/writeback: fix possible divide-by-zero in wb_dirty_limits(), again"
Patch series "mm: Avoid possible overflows in dirty throttling".
Dirty throttling logic assumes dirty limits in page units fit into
32-bits. This patch series makes sure this is true (see patch 2/2 for
more details).
This patch (of 2):
This reverts commit 9319b647902cbd5cc884ac08a8a6d54ce111fc78.
The commit is broken in several ways. Firstly, t…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 3.6